Glasgow Citybus is a Scottish bus operator, operating a number of bus routes throughout Greater Glasgow

Greater Glasgow

Greater Glasgow is an urban settlement in Scotland consisting of all localities which are physically attached to the city of Glasgow, forming with it a single contiguous urban area...

, primarily in Glasgow

Glasgow

Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...

 and Dunbartonshire

Dunbartonshire

Dunbartonshire or the County of Dumbarton is a lieutenancy area and registration county in the west central Lowlands of Scotland lying to the north of the River Clyde. Until 1975 it was a county used as a primary unit of local government with its county town and administrative centre at the town...

. Formed in 1999 it is now owned by West Coast Motors

West Coast Motors

West Coast Motors is a coach and bus operator based in Campbeltown in Argyll. The founding of the company dates back to 1921. As well as the Campbeltown HQ, the company has bases in Ardrishaig, Oban, Dunoon, Rothesay and Glasgow.-History:...

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Glasgow Citybus operates services that do not overlap significantly with the routes of the other bus operators in Glasgow

Glasgow

Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...

, with the exception of Service 62 Clydebank

Clydebank

Clydebank is a town in West Dunbartonshire, in the Central Lowlands of Scotland. Situated on the north bank of the River Clyde, Clydebank borders Dumbarton, the town with which it was combined to form West Dunbartonshire, as well as the town of Milngavie in East Dunbartonshire, and the Yoker and...

 to Faifley

Faifley

Faifley is a large council estate forming part of the town of Clydebank, Scotland, adjoining the former village of Hardgate, with a population of approximately 5,000....

 which is in direct competition with First Glasgow

First Glasgow

First Glasgow is the largest bus company serving the Greater Glasgow area in, Scotland. It forms part of FirstGroup, a company operating transport services across the British Isles and in North America...

.

Fleet

The Glasgow Citybus owns 25 buses of various age, and the fleet is made up single-decker bus

Single-decker bus

A single-decker bus or single-decker is a bus that has a single deck for passengers. Normally the use of the term single-decker refers to a standard two-axled rigid bus, in direct contrast to the use of the term double-decker bus, which is essentially a single decked bus with an extra deck and...

es, midibus

Midibus

A midibus is a classification of single-decker minibuses which generally are larger than a traditional minibus but smaller than a full-size single decker and can be anywhere between and long...

es and minibus

Minibus

A minibus or minicoach is a passenger carrying motor vehicle that is designed to carry more people than a multi-purpose vehicle or minivan, but fewer people than a full-size bus. In the United Kingdom, the word "minibus" is used to describe any full-sized passenger carrying van. Minibuses have a...

es, the fleet is entirely low-floor using accessible vehicles.

Single deckers

• 3 Plaxton Centro
  Plaxton Centro
  The Plaxton Centro is a bus body designed by Bluebird Vehicles and manufactured by Plaxton. It was launched on the VDL SB120 in February 2006. The Centro was also made available on the VDL SB200 chassis in 2006. In 2007 the Centro was made available on the MAN 12.240 and the Volvo B7RLE chassis....
  
   bodied VDL SB120
  VDL SB120
  The VDL SB120 is a low-floor light-weight midibus produced from 1999 by VDL Bus International of the Netherlands primarily for the UK market....
  
  s
• 4 Wright Cadet
  Wright Cadet
  The Wright Cadet was a midibus body built by British coachbuilder Wrightbus, solely on the DAF/VDL SB120; it was sold via VDL dealer Arriva Bus & Coach. For a time, Volvo additionally sold the chassis/body combination, however the body was marketed as the Merit.The Cadet was replaced by the Wright...
  
   bodied VDL SB120
  VDL SB120
  The VDL SB120 is a low-floor light-weight midibus produced from 1999 by VDL Bus International of the Netherlands primarily for the UK market....
  
  s
• 2 Plaxton
  Plaxton
  Plaxton is a builder of bus and coach vehicle bodies based in Scarborough, England.-History:The Plaxton of today is the successor to a business founded in Scarborough in 1907 by Frederick William Plaxton.-Beginnings:...
  
   bodied Dennis Dart SLF ex Lothian Buses

Midibuses

• 7 Alexander Dennis Enviro200 Darts
• 4 Pointer bodied Dennis Dart SLF
  Dennis Dart
  The Dennis Dart is a rear-engined midibus built by Dennis in the United Kingdom. More than 11,000 were built during 18 years of production....
  
  s

Double Deck

• 1 Scania N230UD
  Scania N-series
  Scania N-series is a series of city bus with straight-up, transversely mounted Euro IV/Euro V engine at the rear.It is available as N230UB, N270UB as well as the N230UD and N270UD...
  
   10.6m / East Lancs Olympus
  Optare Olympus
  The Optare Olympus is a double-decker bus built by Optare...
  
   ex Transdev London

Routes

Last Updated: March 2011

Number	Route	Service Frequency	Notes
16	Baljaffray - Glasgow City Centre	Mon-Fri Peak only: City-bound mornings & Baljaffray-bound afternoons
17	Duntocher - Glasgow City Centre	Daily daytimes
62	Clydebank - Faifley	Mon-Sat & Public Holidays daytimes
81	Linnvale - Duntocher	Mon-Sat evenings & Sunday/Public Holiday daytimes & early evenings	Operated on behalf of SPT
83	Gartnavel Hospital - Partick	Sunday daytimes & early evenings	Operated on behalf of SPT
84	Gartnavel Hospital - Old Kilpatrick	Mon-Sat daytimes

Glasgow Citybus also offers on behalf of SPT Service M18 - Glasgow North West/Milngavie Area Dial-a-Bus and Service 850 - Allander Ring 'n' Ride.

External links

• Glasgow Citybus website